It is the strongest shield in-game barring any effects (surpassing the Dragonfire shield and its equivalents). As a two-handed shield, the bulwark is also capable of attacking opponents. In order to attack with the bulwark, it must be set to the pummel option. This also allows it to perform its special attack.

The animation upon equipping the bulwark.

While the block attack style is active, players lose the ability to attack, but incoming damage is reduced by 20% if not in PvP. There is an 8-tick (4.8 seconds) delay before the damage reduction applies after switching to the bulwark, to prevent players from equipping it on a defence tick and switching back to a more damaging weapon for the attack tick. Furthermore, players wielding the bulwark will not be able to cast any combat spells; players attempting to do so will receive the message "Your bulwark gets in the way.".

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Dinh's bulwark has a special attack, Shield Bash, which hits up to 10 enemies in a 11x11 area around the player with 20% increased accuracy, consuming 50% of the player's special attack energy. The targeted monster gets hit twice by the attack, while all other monsters get hit once.